Mapping molecular motions leading to charge delocalization with ultrabright electrons

Nature

Volumn 496, Issue 7445, 2013, Pages 343-346

  Gao, Meng ^a,b   Lu, Cheng ^a   Jean Ruel, Hubert ^a,b   Liu, Lai Chung ^a,b   Marx, Alexander ^b   Onda, Ken ^c,d   Koshihara, Shin Ya ^c,d   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^e   Shao, Xiangfeng ^e,g   Hiramatsu, Takaaki ^f   Saito, Gunzi ^f   Yamochi, Hideki ^e   Cooney, Ryan R ^a,b   Moriena, Gustavo ^a,b   Sciaini, Germán ^a,b   Miller, R J Dwayne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c Tokyo Institute of Technology ^*  (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; METAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; SALT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; LASER; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRABRIGHT FEMTOSECOND ELECTRON;

EID: 84876208848     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12044     Document Type: Article

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